Humayun Mohmand, Muhammad Ahmad.
Follicular unit extraction: a new armamentarium for hair restorative surgeon.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;23(2):194-7.

Objectives To share the experience of follicular unit extraction (FUE). Patients and methods The study was conducted from January 2009 to June 2012 at the Hair Transplant Institute, Islamabad. All the patients who underwent FUE were included. SAFE system ™ was used for extraction using 0.9mm or 1.0mm punch. The speed was adjusted according to the skin resistance in individual cases. After extraction, these FUs were palced in the recipient site according to the pre-operative plan. Any complication occurring during the study was also noted. Results A total of 56 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 35.11 years. Majority of the patients (67.9%) belonged to the middle age group. The average number of graft harvested was 1766.25 FUs (range, 16-3582). Most of the patients (21.4%) had type VI followed by type IV (16.1%) and type V (14.3%). Most of the patients (51.8%) were smokers and 5.4% were known diabetic. There was no major complication noted. The overall satisfaction rate was 91.1%. The pain was an issue in two patients. Shaving of the hair resulted in patient’s concerns in 3 cases. Conclusion FUE is minimally invasive surgical procedure that can benefit a large number of patients. The modern technology has resulted in lower transection rates and high yield in grafts number.

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